“Garden and You”

Can ruin a plant if the top becomes wet and heavy, it collapses once it falls over, the shoot tips turn upwards and the whole plant become misshapen.

Put support to your plants into position early to stop this from happening and you will hardly notice them as the leaves cover them. Support plants early, prop up trailing stems, stop plants spreading, adjust as plants grow.

–How handle prickly customers?

They can be tricky to handle before moved into a larger one, avoid with a folded newspaper, makes easy move cactus into a pot, use sandy cactus compost and water after re potting the roots, without getting spine in your fingers. Assemble plants and materials, handle plants with folded newspaper, position the plants in a pot, cover with gravel